god, i hope so
Super League by stealth
Oh dear, how sad.
Next will be a "link up" between a Saudi team and Newcastle with all sorts of financial scullduggery and shenanigans - similar to Watford/ Udinese/ Malaga. Players "loaned" or move between clubs for silly amounts. Not circumventing FFP in any way shape or form.
Then Saudi gets a place or two in The CL / Europa League.......all entirely above board, absolutely no envelopes stuffed full of cash changing hands. No, all legit and fully above board.
Bollox with all of it. You can keep your blood money![]()
Same thing has been tried by the MLS, China etc. Some will chase the money but there will be no competition there and the standard will be dreadful. Makes much more sense for them to buy clubs (or competitions like a Super League).
All has beens though. They know they can't compete at the top level anymore so instead of going to a lower club for less money they are taking one last fat wedge of cash. They won't be putting any effort into competing and there isn't even any kudos if they do. There basically playing exhibition matches to see out their career.It has but they never targeted the true elites instead going for big names but not the elite.
Saudi are targeting/signed Benzema busquets messi ronaldo
So def next level.
They can throw as much money at players as they like, but it's not and never will be a football hotbed, unlike Europe and South America. For that reason alone it'll never be sustainable. There are millions of long-suffering fans on the above continents, some of whom have never seen their clubs have success since they were born, who are still devoted to their teams and a Saudi attempt to buy a competitive world league won't change that.
I agree but money talks we’ve never seen money like this before.
Spending Money like water that even the prem can’t compete with.
It does talk, but there'd still be a limit to the number of players who could go there just as there is/was in China, Japan the US etc. Even if they took the top 5 or 6 players from every major club in Europe and South America there'd still be enough quality remaining or coming through in those leagues to make up for the loss,I agree but money talks we’ve never seen money like this before.
Spending Money like water that even the prem can’t compete with.
It does talk, but there'd still be a limit to the number of players who could go there just as there is/was in China, Japan the US etc. Even if they took the top 5 or 6 players from every major club in Europe and South America there'd still be enough quality remaining or coming through in those leagues to make up for the loss,